Just 17 steelmaking facilities, all in the Midwest, are responsible for $7-13 billion in health damages (including 892 deaths) *every year*. In an age of new industrial policy, we would just require & pay for a clean retrofit. Via Industrious Labs canarymedia.com/articles/green…

"This stuff just gets in your house. Everyone around here has some kind of breathing problem." Coal-based US steelmaking might be declining, but it's still a big source of CO2 & toxic pollution. Industrious Labs estimates health costs=$13.2B from 17 sites canarymedia.com/articles/green…

“We think that Holcim has a moment right now, in advance of this much lauded IPO sometime next year, to actually make good on a plan to decarbonize and clean up its legacy pollution,” Lauth said. Louisiana Illuminator || bsky @lailluminator elise plunk lailluminator.com/2024/10/21/emp…

It's time to get coal out of steelmaking.

‘At a crucial juncture’: Northwest Indiana environmental activists say new report shows steel industry impact on health trib.al/WqOsfkK

📢 Big news! The U.S. Treasury & IRS released expanded guidance on the Advanced Manufacturing Production Credit (Section 45X), increasing investment in the primary #aluminum industry. This support is vital to facilities that are on the brink of collapse.👇🏼 industriouslabs.org/archive/new-fe…

Looks like I'm playing a lot Grateful Dead tonight

A new report, citing facility and EPA data, details the devastating impact of the steel industry on Gary and NWI residents’ health. gary.capitalbnews.org/gary-health-cr…

“Our community deserves clean air and a future in which Gary Works and the region’s other steel mills replace their polluting facilities with cleaner, greener steelmaking technology.” gary.capitalbnews.org/gary-health-cr…

Congrats EKPC for securing a huge USDA New ERA grant for clean energy transition. This is a big step, and an exciting space for this utility. kentuckylantern.com/2024/10/28/def…

Live at #VERGE24: "For all the good that industrial processes have brought, it also causes a lot of harm," - Dominique Thomas, Partner and Field Building Director, Industrious Labs. Watch for free ➡️ Trellis

“I would love to see Gary Works transform to green sustainable steel, bringing more jobs, cleaning up the area, that would be an amazing win-win,” said Libré Booker, a librarian who grew up near the mill. ​“It’s definitely time for a change.” canarymedia.com/articles/green…

"The new study by Industrious Labs, a nonprofit focused on emissions reduction, used the EPA’s COBRA model to find that emissions from the Gary Works plant likely are linked to 57–114 premature deaths, 48 emergency room visits, and almost 32,000 asthma attacks each year."

very good list canarymedia.com/articles/clean…

TEXAS: Holcim's Midlothian plant had the highest SO2, soot & VOC compound emissions of all TX cement plants in 2021. It’s also been hit with lawsuits from locals alleging excessive quarry blasting is endangering their homes. star-telegram.com/news/state/tex…

CANADA: It’s not just the U.S. — Holcim’s Exshaw, Canada plant faced a class-action lawsuit last year for allegedly causing significant environmental hazards and noise pollution for nearby communities calgaryherald.com/news/local-new…

Aluminum Campaign Director Annie Sartor recently spoke with Fastmarkets about the newly expanded 45X guidance: “This investment would not just be a critical step toward revitalization; it could be a lifeline for an industry in decline.” More👇🏽 fastmarkets.com/insights/us-tr…

200 advocates gather this morning to call on the South Coast AQMD Board to vote yes on rules for clean air and healthy homes 1111 and 1121. #cleanair #heatpump #buildingelectrificiation

Secondary–or recycled–aluminum can be infinitely recycled without losing its properties. But, there are some things that cannot be built without primary–or raw–aluminum in order to shape things how they need to be.